The bottom line is that Cavallaro's assertion that "there's nothing affordable about the Affordable Care Act," as she put it Tuesday on NBC Channel 4, is the product of her own misunderstandings, abetted by a passel of uninformed and incurious news reporters.

I never heard the word "passel" before.

elleng

(131,006 posts)

2. Yes,

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:32 PM

Oct 2013

'a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack'

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

3. Maybe a "gaggle" ... covers most idiots that come to mind.

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Thu Oct 31, 2013, 10:33 PM

Oct 2013

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

4. yup

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 03:53 AM

Nov 2013

JHB

(37,161 posts)

6. "passel" pas·sel

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Fri Nov 1, 2013, 07:32 AM

Nov 2013

pas·sel
noun \ˈpa-səl\

: a large number or group of people or things
Examples of PASSEL

<reporters had a whole passel of questions for the new basketball coach>
<the young couple had a passel of babies in the span of a few years>

Origin of PASSEL
alteration of parcel
First Known Use: 1835
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passel

pas·sel Listen to audio/ˈpæsəl/ noun
plural pas·sels
[count] US, informal : a large number or group of people or things — usually singular ▪ A passel of children waited in the hall. ▪ a passel of problems
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/passel

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